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    Every Film I Saw in 2024

    Above: "Do Not Expect Too Much For The End of the World" (My favorite film of the year.) (in the order that I saw them; unless dated it was a 2024 release) Undercover Girl (1950) Timebomb Y2K Onlookers Edward Hopper (PBS) Napoleon (2023) The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023) The Curse (Season 1) True Detective (Season 4) Next Goal Wins (2023) June (2023) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Batman Begins (2005) The Dark Knight (2008) Ferrari (2023) Fallen Leaves (2023) Madame...

    DOC NYC 2024: “My Sweet Land,” “Yalla Parkour” and more

    Here are brief reviews of some of my favorite films from this month's DOC NYC festival. "My Sweet Land" is a briskly paced, beautifully edited portrait of an 11-year-old Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian boy caught with his family in the series of wars against Azerbaijan which have greatly reduced the land that was once part of Armenia. The boy is remarkably positive given the circumstances and follows...
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    Rialto at 25 at MOMA

    “RIALTO AT 25” is a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Rialto Pictures, a distributor whose re-releases of international classics have been distinguished by...

    “Sam Now” + Spring Cleaning

    (above: Sam Harkness in “Sam Now”) My critical output has been hampered recently by my paying gigs and personal writing projects so here are capsule...

    New Directors/New Films 2023

    The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center’s 52nd edition of New Directors/New Films takes place from March 29 through April 9, 2023. ...

    Boston Underground Film Festival 2023

    (above: Kristine Kujath Thorp in "Sick of Myself") Boston’s Underground Film Festival continues until March 26 and I’ve been able to catch four excellent features...

    MOMI First Look Festival 2023

    (above: "Mami Wata") The Museum of the Moving Image’s annual First Look Festival returns March 15 to March 19 in Astoria, showcasing over two dozen...

    Horror/Comedy “Jethica” Premieres Feb. 14 on Fandor

    I don’t know if Fandor is premiering “Jethica” (which won a top award at last year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival) on February 14 because...

    New Jean Rollin Doc Premieres on Arrow Streaming

    I confess I have never seen any of Jean Rollin’s films, but a new documentary about him has whetted my appetite for his work....

    “Huesera: The Bone Woman” opens in theaters today

    Making the threatened protagonist in a horror film a pregnant woman is a surefire way to double the anxiety and fear a spectator experiences....

    “Attachment” premieres on Shudder

    The 2022 horror film “Attachment” (premiering February 9 on the Shudder streaming service) takes its name from “dybbuk,” a term from Jewish mythology describing...

    My 2023 Oscar Picks

    A lot of film lovers don’t watch the Oscar broadcast because they think it’s uncool. They don’t watch SNL because it hasn’t been good...

    Every Movie I Saw In 2022

    Here is a list of every film/documentary/TV mini-series I watched in 2022 in the order I watched them. Titles in boldface are narrative features,...

    DOC NYC 2022 Dispatch 2

    So many new docs and so little time! Here is my second round of reviews of new documentaries screened at the DOC NYC film...